The world famous chef Jamie Oliver will be a judge at a BBQ festival in Iceland this summer. The festival will be held at Gardur, on Reykjanes peninsula (click here for a map), not far from Keflavik International Airport. This will be the first time the festival is held at this location but this will be an annual event.

The government run liquor stores in Iceland do not have a legal precedence to ban the whale beer, even though the West Iceland Health Authorities say that the beer does not fulfill the requirements stated in the food production laws. The assistant CEO of the liquor stores says this. Around two thirds of the whale beer production has already been sold.

It has now been authorized to sell and distribute a controversial whale beer in Iceland. The minister for the Environment and Natural Resources, Sigurdur Ingi Jóhannsson, has given the beer a green light. The owner of the brewery has confirmed this.